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Some of Second Presbyterian
Church's national mission projects include:
Yupik Outreach
In partnership with Chukotka Native Christian
Ministries, Presbyterians and the Presbytery of
Yukon reach out to native Yupiks of the Russian
Far East. A particular focus is on teaching evangelism
and training Yupik leadership so that churches
can multiply in Siberia.
Second Presbyterian Church contributes $6,000
which assists the Yukon Presbytery, in ecumenical
partnership with four other denominations, in
preparing and sending Yupik (Eskimo) evangelists
to the native peoples of Siberia. New believers
from Siberia after rigorous training are encouragement
to serve as house church leaders and Bible study
leaders in their home villages. The goal is to
establish an indigenous, self-sustaining church
among the native peoples of the Chukotka Peninsula
of Siberia. For more information click on link.
Witnessing Ministries of Christ
Witnessing Ministries of Christ spreads the Good
News among the 135 million Dalit (or Untouchable)
people of India. Second Presbyterian Church contributes
$7000 a year to this ministry. A mass evangelism
movement is underway among the Bhangi people in
Uttar Pradesh. An average of 10,500 people come
to Jesus Christ a month. In order to welcome these
new Christians and nurture them in the faith 260
pastor-couples have to be trained each year. The
Rural Presbyterian Church requires that both husband
and wife commit to work as pastors together. This
insures that women receive full pastoral care,
which a male alone is not able to do under the
rules of the culture. Over the last 10 years 1,329
pastor-couples have been trained who are serving
16,171 village congregations. Each couple serves
12 villages within a radius of five or ten miles
The Witnessing Ministries of Christ promotes six
ministry branches of evangelism, pastoral care,
education, health, economic development and reconciliation.
Baale Suri Project Ethiopia (PCUSA
missionaries John and Gwen Haspels)
Second Presbyterian Church contributes $7000 a
year to the Baale Suri Project the goal of this
mission is to establish a first generation church
in the southern region of Ethiopia. There are
approximately 3500-4000 people in the region.
The people in this area cultivate small gardens
and depend on honey gathering and panning for
gold as their primary income generating occupations.
There are no roads into the area. The people have
no access to health facilities or schools. Potable
water is a significant problem with many having
to collect water from 3-5km away.
In 2000, three Baale chiefs came to the Surma
Project headquarters in Tulegit and spoke with
the project coordinator. They said, “We
see that the Suri people here have the light.
We Baale are still in the darkness. We want the
light. Please come and bring us light.”
The priorities of this mission project as presented
by the village elders are first to provide health
care services. The second priority of these elders
is water and thirdly education. The forth priority
is construction of a road for health and trade
reasons.
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